一 words and expressions
1. Much of Chaffin's work with Imresh is reminiscent of how I monitored Steve Faloon's development of mental representations for memorizing strings of digits.
reminiscent: reminiscent of sth reminding you of something使人想起某事的
例句：That song is so reminiscent of my adolescence.
造句：His style of writing is reminiscent of LuXun.
2. Several readers identified Horner’s syndrome correctly but were stymied by how that might be connected to the ear pain
stymie: to prevent someone from doing what they have planned or want to do阻碍，妨碍，使不能实施
例句：Investigators have been stymied by uncooperative witnesses.
造句：That stymies the exchange of ideas on which good science depends.
3. the relationship between skill and mental representations is a virtuous circle
virtuous circle：a series of events in which each one seems to increase the good effects of the previous one 良性循环
vicious circle：a situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again, so that the whole process continues to be repeated 恶性循环
A virtuous circle has favorable results, while a vicious circle has detrimental results.
二 thoughts＆summary
这部分紧接昨天的心理表征，继续通过一些例子来说明它的特征和作用
有助于组织信息，吸收和考虑更多的信息
如果一个人耳朵痛和眼睛痛，一般的医生只会针对耳朵或眼睛单独治疗，而专科医生被想到两者之间的联系，找出问题的根源。
有助于制订计划
杰出人物运用心理表征来提高技能水平，监测并评估自己的技能水平，在必要时调整心理表征，使之更加有效。
有助于高效学习
学生之间的差别，在很大程度上取决于他们能多敏锐地察觉自己所犯的错误，也就是说，他们对学习的心理表征多么有效。
技能与心理表征之间是一个良性循环，你的技能越娴熟，创建的心理表征越好；而心理表征越好，就越能有效地练习，反过来磨炼技能。（刻意练习和心理表征的关系）
